Postcards will present the winners...

Postcards From The Past is pleased to announce that the entries of this year's competition have been read, judged and the winners finally selected. But you're not going to find out just yet.

Over 750 entries were sent in from schools across the North West. The judges said they were impressed by the range of imagination and creativity representing specific periods of the past, from Ancient Greece to the Second World War, all varying in voice and the writer's situation.

The competition was divided into 4 categories:

• 8-12 (school years 5, 6, 7)
• 12-16 (school years 8, 9, 10)
• 16-18 (school years 11, 12, 13)
• Post-school Adults (18+)

The winners of the children's categories will be announced at the People's History Museum on Monday, 7th October, at the Eoin Colfer event as part of the Manchester Literature Festival. 

Winners will receive 100 copies of their winning entry postcard, plus a full set of postcards from the other winning entries. 

The winner of the adult category will be announced at the MLF event, Sarah Dunant: Blood and Beauty, at the Friend's Meeting House on Wednesday, 9th October. Click here for tickets.